The resort also offers helicopter skiing for intermediate and handicapped skiers as well as for experts.

He has been known to take some of those sports to the "extreme" level to include helicopter skiing.

Janss' wife Ann, age 54, died in 1973 while helicopter skiing near Sun Valley.

Over the last decade or so, several developments have made back-country helicopter skiing more accessible.

Initially, his idea was to build up the necessary capital to start a traditional ski resort; instead he has stuck with helicopter skiing.

Skiers will find three-day women-only ski seminars, racing clinics and helicopter skiing.

Despite these impediments, helicopter skiing has proven immensely popular.

The hotel also offers its own arrangements for ski tours with guides and helicopter skiing for the adventurous.

"I'd love to go helicopter skiing and hang out in Colorado," he said.

David was 50 years old when he was killed by an avalanche in March 1991 while helicopter skiing in Canada.